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to call yourself the No 1 player in the world; it is a great achievement. I am very honoured to join the list of guys who have held that spot. Hopefully I can keep a hold it for a little while.
    Rory McIlroy also became the first golfer from the island of Ireland to achieve world No 1 status.
    In downplaying somewhat the length of time he would remain as world No 1, it was as if Rory could sense that Luke Donald was still playing his best golf and that he would be around for a while yet and challenging him at every corner for the position.
    If that was the case then he was so right. Donald had become the best player in the world in May 2011 when he won the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in England. He had held it for almost a year – 40 weeks to be exact – until Rory won that Honda Classic.
    But he would become world No 1 again soon. In fact, between the pair of them, they would exchange top honours on no less than four occasions throughout that season. In the meantime, McIlroy further stretched his world rankings lead the following week.
    Traveling a relatively short distance from Palm Beach to Doral to contest the WGC Cadillac event, Rory narrowly missed out on a second successive victory. A poor first round 73 was a spoiler before rounds of 69, 65 and 67 lifted him to third place.
    Another very consistent top five finish, and the perfect form and results from those two tournaments in advance of his ‘holy grail’ – the US Masters. He was now in better shape than the previous season when he won the US Open as he was improving hand over fist.
    He was also officially the best player on the planet and his decision to leave ISM was, if not vindicated, then certainly a move in the right direction towards peace of mind and reaching his true potential.
    The rankings after his Honda win read: McIlroy 9.30, Donald 8.97 and Westwood 8.19 but he now increased that lead to almost a full point on 9.85. However, on 18 March and fully two weeks after Rory hit top spot, Luke Donald leapt back to the top!
    Donald won the Transitions Championship in the States to become the first of the two to hit a perfect ten with a rankings score of 10.03. Humorously, Rory immediately tweeted: ‘Well, I enjoyed it while it lasted! Congrats @Luke Donald. Impressive performance.’
    By this time Rory was now under new management. He had joined up with fellow Irish players Graeme McDowell and Shane Lowry under the umbrella of the Dublin based Horizon Sports Management company, run by Conor Ridge.
    Both Ridge and McIlroy soon took up a very special invitation to meet Barack Obama, the President of the United States, just a few days before St Patrick’s Day. Like a scene from the film ‘Reservoir Dogs’, they both looked dapper in black suits and ties.
    At the plush dinner Rory was also introduced to British Prime Minister David Cameron, but as Obama is a very keen golfer himself, both Rory and Barack were seen in deep demonstrative conversation.
    It transpired that the President informed Rory that he was not happy with his own golf swing. He sought out some tips from Rory who, talking about the experience, tweeted the President next day: ‘Unbelievable experience at the White House last night! Big thanks to @BarackObama for the invite! We’ll get that golf swing sorted soon!’
    When the President visited Ireland on 17 June the following year for a summit of world leaders in Enniskillen, he mentioned his meeting with Rory in the White House saying: ‘I met Rory last year and he offered to get my swing sorted.’
    On hearing of Obama’s remark, Rory later tweeted: ‘Nice of @ BarackObama to mention me in his speech in Belfast today.’
    It is a fact that 15 of the last 18 US Presidents played golf. The exceptions were Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter. Dwight Eisenhower could not get enough of it. He had a putting green installed close to the Oval Office!
    Barrack Obama took up